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Definition of baby doll in English:

baby doll

noun

adjective

Denoting a style of women's clothing resembling that traditionally worn by a doll or young child, especially short, high-waisted, short-sleeved dresses.

‘Italian fashion brand Miu Miu uses a slightly sinister image of a waif-like model, clothed in a baby-doll dress and perched on a bed.’

‘The body of the mother of three, still wearing a blue baby-doll nightdress, was found 21 years later by amateur divers in August 1997.’

‘Let's start with the fashion: Anyone remember baby-doll dresses?’

‘Ashalea wore a baby-doll, polkadotted Supre dress and impressed the audience by speaking in Japanese and thus alerting the nation to the fact that the ‘live’ part of coming to you ‘live’ is a slight exaggeration.’

‘This very care-free line has reintroduced the delicious baby-doll sun dress: pleated, colored and held in place by top-stitched bands.’

‘The ten dancers are clad like hillbilly kids, the men in arch Huck Finn overalls, the women (flipping unbound tresses) in baby-doll dresses.’

‘If Cobain thought nothing of pulling a tattered baby-doll dress over jeans, combining a Pendleton shirt with a kilt, or wrapping said shirt at his hips like a skirt, designers are taking a tidier route.’

‘The less said about her baby-doll mini dress over jeans combo thing the better.’

‘The York fireman rushed into a burning building and rescued a beautiful young woman clad only in a baby-doll nightie.’

‘All the girls were wearing go-go boots and miniskirts at a time my mother was still putting me in puff-sleeved baby-doll dresses.’

‘For 834,000 people at least, Helmut Lang's baby-doll dresses are a good deal more interesting than Ken Clarke versus Iain Duncan Smith.’

‘Unfortunately, Ricki-Lee strapped herself into that rather tiresome outfit of tight-jeans + billowy baby-doll top thing.’

‘The baby-doll style cardigan on the right is by Paul and Joe.’

‘At Cocoa Lilly, West Mall, female buyers seem to be impressed by brightly-coloured tops, particularly those in the baby-doll style.’

‘She's a femme fatale with cheek, dressed in a see-through raincoat which does absolutely nothing to hide the suit that's more baby-doll than career girl.’

‘There is a really pretty bejewelled baby-doll frock that is similar to a Miu Miu design.’

‘The posh crowd - that of dress pants and diamond earrings, that this venue usually houses - was replaced by berets, tunics, dreadlocks, tie-die, baby-doll dresses, leg warmers and the fragrance of ganja and patchouli.’